Great salt lake book

This 12page book provides kids with activities and information about great salt lake gsl history, geography, and ecology. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. No european name was given to it at the time, and it was not shown on the map by bernardo miera y pacheco, the cartographer for the expedition. Today, the lake is about 75 miles north to south, and 35 miles east to west. Located just off interstate 80, great salt lake state park is the most easily accessed gateway to the great salt lake. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. The great saltair was utahs version of coney island visit the gift store and see photos and a model of the saltair. Mary schulte introduces readers to the great salt lake in utah. Approached as history, geography, geology, or high adventure, the great salt lake is fascinating reading.

Some fortyseven individuals, each specialists in some aspect of the lake, or its environs, have contributed to the articles in this compilation. Great civilizations and the book of mormon archaeology and the book of mormon, vol. Subsequently, the hastings cutoff was abandoned, except for portions east of salt lake city, where it remained as the end of the mormon trail. Hastings book promoted the land and climate of california as ideal companions for hardworking americans. To encourage a deeper knowledge and understanding of this unique body of water, topping has assembled some of the best historical and contemporary writing on great. The great salt lake is the largest of the lake remnants of prehistoric freshwater lake bonneville, the others being bear lake, on the utahidaho border, and utah lake, west of provo, utah. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Early in the nineteenth century, the lake was a scenic. Antelope island state park is located in the middle of the great salt lake. Young, and 148 mormons, crossed into the great salt lake valley on july 24, 1848.

It is about 40 miles north of salt lake city and is accessible by car via a sevenmile causeway. The resulting volume contains seven sections on the history and recreation, geology and geophysics, chemistry, lake industries, hydrology and climatology, biology, and engineering of the great salt lake. Bonnie baxter and jaimi butler, who have worked together to build the great salt lake institute at. An expedition to the valley of the great salt lake of. Commonly asked questions about utahs great salt lake. There is a small visitor center with a deck and viewing area or you can go down the path to the lake. The great salt lake trail by william cody, henry inman. From the first americans, through mountain men, religious empires, railroads, and resorts, the remnant of ancient lake bonneville has been a nexus for human history, uniting a haunting beauty with raw desolation, strangely removed from common experience. The year 1850 saw the development of a new route called the salt lake cutoff that avoided the great salt lake desert west of the lake. The new childrens book, the great great salt lake monster mystery, was written by dr. In some cases, salt lakes have a higher concentration of salt than sea water. Formed late in the pleistocene epoch about 30,000 years ago, lake bonneville at high water covered almost 20,000 square miles 52,000 square km of present.

A great destination second edition explorers great destinations by christine balaz and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Having watched westerns since i was a small child, reading the great salt lake trail made me realize where hollywood got all of its great stories of the west from. Reclamation, its influence and impact on the history of the west, by marshall n. There arent many books about them, and the books they do have are wrong. Editions of the great salt lake trail by henry inman. Dale l morgan the great salt lake, moody and mysterious and fabulous, is the subject of this book by dale l. His book was read by one of the drivers of the donner family wagons. Great salt lake rookie readabout geography paperback september 1, 2006 by mary schulte author visit amazons mary schulte page. Full of adventure and betterthanfiction stories from the days of the pioneers, this book has shaped our. View of the shores of the great salt lake, utah, with a traveler walking along a path lined with jagged rocks in the foreground and a hilly island visible in the distance. The resulting volume contains seven sections on the history and recreation, geology and geophysics, chemistry, lake industries, hydrology and climatology, biology, and engineering of the great salt. The great salt lake the american lake series by morgan.

A collection of articles about the great salt lake divided into 9 subject areas. Great salt lake state park salt lake city 2020 all you. Including a description of its geography, natural history and minerals, and an analysis of its waters. New childrens book on great salt lake monster educates young.

I am one of the contributors in, it came from the great salt lake, the first anthology ive been a part of, page 129. After the lake bonneville flood, the great basin gradually became warmer and drier. Bonwood bowl 2500 s main street south salt lake, ut 84115 801 4877758. Take exit 332 antelope drive from interstate 15 and drive west until you get there.

Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. What is great about the collection is that every story is the result of a literary prompt as well as a unique background, the great salt lake, an unusual salty lake without an ocean located in utah. This book was converted from its physical edition to the d. The great salt lake trail kindle edition by inman, henry. The size, shape, and location of this depression have been controlled by basin. For the next two decades, wagon trains bearing thousands. New childrens book on great salt lake monster educates. Great salt lake remains one of the worlds most remarkable geological phenomena, a place of beauty, drama, and complexity to challenge the most ambitious curiosity and imagination. Front cover for the book exploring the great basin by gloria griffen cline. Great salt lake paperback may 1, 2002 by gary topping author 5. Great salt lake rookie readabout geography paperback september 1, 2006 by mary schulte author.

This account of the desertion of hugh glass has been repeated by many, but it is of dubious origin that jim bridger was involved at all. We found 120 books set in salt lake city and 7 others set nearby. Terry tempest williams and the refuge of change the lost. Lake bonneville began to shrink due to increased evaporation. Great salt lake salt lake city 2020 all you need to. The great salt lake today is a remnant of the much larger lake bonneville, which spanned 20,000 square miles during the last ice age. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The book includes a wordsearch, a maze, a crossword puzzle, a fun story about the adventures of andy avoceti, and cool facts about brine shrimp, gsl birds and the gsl food web. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you. A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts typically sodium chloride and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre. The great salt lake trail by henry inman goodreads. This is a small state park and marina that lets you get close to the great salt lake.

The personal stories of the brave men and women that had the will to look for new opportunities in the west are incredible. Jim bridger was only imprecisely identified as present 73 years later in 1896, and this report was repeated in 1953. Following distinguished civil war service that took one of h. This book explores the relationship between the natural and unnatural along with condemning the american government for testing nuclear weapons in the west. Dissolved salts accumulate in the lake by evaporation. Book your tickets online for great salt lake, salt lake city. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the great salt lake trail. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. Williams uses components of nature such as the flooding of the great salt lake and the resulting dwindling. An unnatural history of family and place was published, a quiet book about the rise of great salt lake in. Great salt lake state park magna 2020 all you need to know. The great salt lake is so salty you will float like a cork. A copy of the book, owned by jacob donner, muchhandled, was found in the saddlebag of one of the travelers. Book one reflects the central geophysical presence of the great salt lake, in view from leuderss home and the university of utah campus where he studied and.